Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on monday inaugurated the new board of the Rivers State Investment Promotion Agency
During the inauguration, Governor Fubara charged them to deploy their wealth of experience and expertise in different fields to restore the lost economic glory of the state.
The governor pointed out that although the state is blessed with enormous natural resources of oil, gas and improved Internally Generated Revenue IGR, much still need to be done to develop the State, and the Investment Promotion Agency is strategic to achieving the desired economic development in the state.
“We might be celebrating that we have a very fat allocation and we have been able to improve our IGR, but we still have a lot to do and that has to do with this Agency. The purpose of this agency is to give our people and to assure them that Rivers State can still come back to that enviable position that it once occupied.”
“Those people that were doing business in Rivers State that left for one reason or the other can still come back. The purpose of this Agency is to build our State, and to grow this State economically in such a way and manner that even if we don’t get federal allocation anymore we can sustain ourselves with our IGR.”
On his part, the Chairman of the Rivers State Investment Promotion Agency, Lawrence Fubara Anga, SAN, thanked Governor Fubara for the opportunity given to members of the agency to serve the state and commended the Governor for his foresight and vision for the development of Rivers State.
He assured that with the support of the Governor in providing the enabling environment for investment drive, and the collective efforts of all key stakeholders, including agencies and parastatals, the agency will achieve its mandate of economic transformation in the state.
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